Vol. 3 — May-June 2003

• Towards the identification of (a) gene(s) for autosomal dominant medullary cystic kidney disease
  

  F. Scolari¹, B.F. Viola², G.M. Ghiggeri³, G. Caridi³, A. Amoroso⁴, L. Rampoldi⁵, G. Casari⁵

  (1) Division of Nephrology, Spedali Civili, Brescia - Italy
  (2) Division and Chair of Nephrology, Spedali Civili, Brescia - Italy
  (3) Laboratory of Nephrology, IRCCS G. Gaslini, Genoa - Italy
  (4) Unit of Medical Genetics, IRCCS Burlo Garofolo and Trieste University, Trieste - Italy
  (5) San Raffaele Hospital, Milan - Italy

• Page kidney - A review of the literature
  

  A. Haydar¹, R.S. Bakri², M. Prime², D.J.A. Goldsmith²

  (1) Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut - Lebanon
  (2) Department of Nephrology, Guy's Hospital, London - UK

• Renal transplantation from non-heart-beating donors: A review of the European experience
  

  G. Koffmann¹, G. Gambaro²

  (1) Renal Transplant Unit, Department of Renal Medicine, Guy's Hospital, London - UK
  (2) Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Division of Nephrology, University of Padova, Padua - I

• Donor characteristics can influence overall transplant activities: The Italian experience
  

  A. Rosati¹, M. Salvadori¹

  (1) Renal Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence - Italy

• Is the simian virus SV40 associated with idiopathic focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in humans?
  

  G. Galdenzi¹, A. Lupo², F. Anglani³, M. Perini¹, L. Galeazzi⁴, S. Giunta⁴, Carmelita Marcantoni², D. Del Prete³, R. Graziotto³, A. D'Angelo³, G. Maschio⁵, G. Gambaro³

  (1) Research Center DiaTech, Jesi, Ancona - Italy
  (2) Division of Nephrology, University of Verona - Italy
  (3) Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Division of Nephrology, University of Padova, Padua - I
  (4) Clinical-Microbiological and Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory, I.N.R.C.A., Ancona - Italy
  (5) Departments of Nephrology, Ospedale Civile Maggiore, Verona - Italy

• Association between the A1166C polymorphism of the angiotensin II receptor type 1 and progression of chronic renal insuf
  

  E. Coll¹, B. Campos², D. Gonzlez-Nez¹, A. Botey¹, E. Poch¹

  (1) Nephrology Service, Institute of Biomedical Investigations, August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) Clinical Ho
  (2) Unit of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona - Spain

• Flexibility as an implementation strategy for a daily dialysis program
  

  G.B. Piccoli¹, E. Mezza¹, M. Quaglia², F. Bermond³, F. Bechis⁴, M. Burdese³, M. Gai², A. Pacitti³, A. Jeantet¹, G.P. Segoloni¹, G. Piccoli¹

  (1) Chair of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Torino and Unit of Nephrology, D
  (2) Chair of Nephrology, University of Torino - Italy
  (3) Chair of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Torino, Torino - Italy and Unit
  (4) Cattedra di Nefrologia, University of Torino, Torino - Italy

• Morpho-functional study of peritoneum in peritoneal dialysis patients
  

  S.V. Bertoli¹, L. Buzzi¹, Daniele Ciurlino¹, M. Maccario², S. Martino¹

  (1) Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Policlinico MultiMedica, Sesto San Giovanni, Milan - Italy
  (2) Unit Operativa di Nefrologia e Dialisi, " Policlinico MultiMedica", Sesto San Giovanni, Milano, Ital

• Rapid diagnosis of peritonitis in peritoneal dialysis patients
  

  E. Cropper¹, S. Coleclough¹, S. Griffith¹, S. Saunders¹, J. Williams¹, P.A. Rutherford¹

  (1) Department of Nephrology, University of Wales College of Medicine, Wrexham - UK

• The impact of relapsing sterile icodextrin-associated peritonitis on peritoneal dialysis outcome
  

  C. Basile¹, F. De Padova¹, A. Montanaro¹, R. Giordano¹

  (1) Division of Nephrology, Hospital of Martina Franca, Taranto - Italy

• Non-heart-beating donors: Experience from the Hospital Clinico of Madrid
  

  A.I. Sanchez-Fructuoso¹, M. De Miguel Marques¹, Dolores Prats¹, A. Barrientos¹

  (1) Nephrology Unit, Clinico San Carlos Hospital, Complutense University, Madrid - Spain

• Basiliximab reduces the incidence of acute cellular rejection in live-related-donor kidney transplantation: A three-year
  

  H.A. Sheashaa¹, M.A. Bakr¹, A.M. Ismail¹, M.A. Sobh¹, M.A. Ghoneim¹

  (1) Urology & Nephrology Center, Mansoura University, Mansoura - Egypt

• Angiotensin converting enzyme gene polymorphism and development of post-transplant erythrocytosis
  

  A. Yildiz¹, H. Yazici², N. Cine³, R. Kazancioglu¹, V. Akkaya⁴, M.S. Sever⁴, E. Ark⁴, N. Erginel-Unaltuna³

  (1) Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Istanbul School of Medicine, Istanbul - Tur
  (2) Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul School of Medicine, Istanbul - Turkey
  (3) Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Department of Genetics, Istanbul University, Istanbul -
  (4) Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul School of Medicine, Istanbul - Turkey

• Tuberculosis in Egyptian kidney transplant recipients: Study of clinical course and outcome
  

  A.E. El-Agroudy¹, A.F. Refaie¹, O.M. Moussa¹, M.A. Ghoneim²

  (1) Urology and Nephrology Center, University of Mansoura, Mansoura - Egypt
  (2) Urology & Nephrology Center, Mansoura University, Mansoura - Egypt

• Kaposi's sarcoma in Sudanese renal transplant recipients: A report from a single center
  

  A.I. Sabeel¹, W.Y. Qunibi¹, K. Al Meshari¹, O.A. Alfurayh¹

  (1) Department of Medicine, Section of Nephrology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Ri

• Sustained response with negative serum HCV-mRNA and disappearance of antibodies after interferon-* therapy in a kidney t
  

  G. Luciani¹, Maurizio Bossola¹, M. Muscaritoli², N. Panocchia¹, A. Ferrante¹, G. Nanni¹, E. Piccioni¹, L. Tazza¹, R.L. Grillo³, F. Rossi Fanelli², M. Castagneto¹

  (1) Institute of Clinical Surgery, "Cattolica del S. Cuore" University, Rome - Italy
  (2) Department of Clinical Medicine, "La Sapienza" University, Rome - Italy
  (3) Institute of Microbiology, "Cattolica del S. Cuore" University, Rome - Italy

• Multiple organ failure in a kidney transplant patient receiving both colchicine and cyclosporine
  

  E.E. Minetti¹, L. Minetti¹

  (1) Nephrology, Dialysis and Medical Therapy of Renal Transplant Section, Niguarda C Granda Hospital, Mi

• From renal amyloid deposits to the identification of the culprit genes
  

  Y. Pirson¹

  (1) Nephrology Department, Cliniques St Luc, Universit Catholique de Louvain, Bruxelles - Belgium

• Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) and renal AA amyloidosis Phenotype-genotype correlation, treatment and prognosis
  

  E. Ben-Chetrit¹

  (1) Department of Medicine, FMF Clinic, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem - Israel

• TNFRSF1A-associated periodic syndrome (TRAPS), Muckle-Wells syndrome (MWS) and renal amyloidosis
  

  C. Dod¹, L. Cuisset¹, M. Delpech¹, G. Grateau²

  (1) Department of Biochemical Genetics, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France
  (2) Department of Internal Medicine, L'Htel-Dieu, Paris France

• Portuguese-type amyloidosis (transthyretin amyloidosis, ATTR V30M)
  

  L. Lobato¹

  (1) Department of Nephrology, Santo Antnio General Hospital, Porto - Portugal

• Hereditary systemic amyloidosis with renal involvement
  

  P.N. Hawkins¹

  (1) National Amyloidosis Centre, Royal Free Hospital, London - UK

• Variable renal disease progression in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease: A role for nitric oxide?
  

  O. Devuyst¹

  (1) Department of Nephrology, Catholic University of Louvain Medical School, Brussels - Belgium

• Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD)
  

  K. Zerres¹, S. Rudnik-Schoneborn¹, J. Senderek¹, T. Eggermann¹, C. Bergmann¹

  (1) Institute for Human Genetics, Aachen University of Technology, Aachen - Germany

• Molecular analysis of uromodulin and SAH genes, positional candidates for autosomal dominant medullary cystic kidney dis
  

  G. Casari¹, A. Amoroso²

  (1) San Raffaele Hospital, Milan - Italy
  (2) Unit of Medical Genetics, IRCCS Burlo Garofolo and Trieste University, Trieste - Italy